ESA Broker

KIM, ESA broker in Spain

KIM collaborates with ESA since 2012, when it was entrusted with the assessment, prioritization and analysis of patent portfolio of the Agency, to their application in non-space sectors in Spain.

In 2016, the European Space Agency (ESA) chooses KIM as the new broker in Spain.

KIM has the role to detect business innovations developed by the Spanish space industry and ESA technologies, in order to market them in the non-space sector.

Broker roles

The European Space Agency’s Tech Transfer Brokers network offers extensive support to the space industry through identification and exploitation of new market opportunities. ESA brokers also facilitate the access to these technologies to non-space industry partners.

Identification of applications to non-space market

Mediation between space and non-space industry

Support with ESA space solutions brand usage

Packaging of space technology offers

Communication of success stories

Access to ESA IP Portfolio

How a broker works

Why work with KIM?

What KIM can do for you

Government bodies

Promotion of the aerospace industry in Spain.

Promotion of the “Spain” brand as a technological brand at an international level.

Promoting innovation in SMEs through actions that help them innovate quickly (for example, by acquiring technologies instead of developing them).

Aerospace corporations

Generation of new business opportunities, by licensing its technologies to companies in non-space sectors, or by creating new R&D projects to advance the TRL space technology.

Visibility through dissemination of success stories (application of their technologies in other sectors) and other communication activities.

Large non-space corporations

Creation of lines of work in the aerospace field.

Design of intrapreneurship programs related to the best application to the business of a space technology.

SMEs

Fast track to innovation, by detecting technological challenges and solving them with ESA technologies.

Sophistication of its corporate image (“made in collaboration with ESA”).

Our events

The “ESA Tech-Landing” Contest was an initiative of ESA, KIM and the support of ESA BIC Madrid, with the main objective of rewarding technology based entrepreneurship, using ESA’s patented technologies as value propositions of new business models not directly linked to the aerospace sector.

The winner solution (“Preventing head-clogging of ink-jet printers for ceramics -tiles- by the use of an advanced fluid filters”), devised by the Spanish researcher Breogán Pato, is based on the use of an advanced fluidic filter (pat 642) developed by ESA.

Being the winner of the “ESA Tech-Landing 2016” contest, Breogán Pato has the opportunity to present his project at the selection process in order to enter one of the ESA BICs.

Recently, “MAintenance of Remote INfrastructures and Equipments (MARINE)”, another finalist project of the “ESA Tech-Landing” contest, has been selected to take part in the “Space Creativity Centre” (ESA support programme to validate technologies).

On 10 September 2016, citizens from 22 European countries participated in the first Citizens’ Debate on Space for Europe. This event was organised by ESA with the support of Missions Publiques. During the course of the day, citizens had the opportunity to learn, debate, have their say and participate by suggesting priorities on all aspects of current and future space programmes.

This consultation on an unprecedented scale took place simultaneously in all 22 Member States of the European Space Agency (ESA). The Spanish edition of this event was organized by KIM and with the support of ESA BIC Madrid and it involved about 100 citizens.

The Innovation Meets, powered by KIM, sought to promote best practices in innovation and tech transfer. The aim of this special edition, organized by KIM and with the support of ESA BIC Madrid, was two-fold:

Showing the keys to transfer space technology to other sectors.

Understanding the technological challenges of leading entities and how space technologies can solve them.